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Hi guys ... My name

Hi guys ... My name is Pálmi Gunnarsson an Icelandic musician and an entusiast flyfisherman. I've fished almost all Icelandic rivers during my many years as a fly fisherman, guide and TV producer of several series on flyfishing in Iceland and Greenland. The Rangá river system is a Wannabe salmon river based on the releasing of hundreds of thousands of salmon pars of unknown origin, every year. Its one of the most horrific acts against mother nature that I can think of. To call them amongst the best salmon rivers in Iceland is as false as can be. The Rangá river system were once one of the best sea trout fishery you could think of. Eruption in mount Hekla damaged the stock which eventually rose again as was to be expected. But then came the gold diggers with this outrageous idea of a salmon program. I used to fish the rivers many times,every year for big fantastic sea trout. Since they started releasing salmon pars into the system I go elsewhere. I wouldn't offer my worst enemy a day on these rivers. And do bear in mind, these fish will never produce anything but fat wallets. One thing is for sure - they never spawned in the Rangá river system.

Todd,

Again I hav

Todd,

Again I have to ask what you mean by string? The tying thread is plain tying thread, which you can buy in any flyshop. And muddlers are as numerous as the tyers tying them. There are thousands!

Martin

Todd,

Colors of w

Todd,

Colors of what? You can choose any color you want for any material in this fly.

Martin

Todd,

String...?

Todd,

String...? You mean tying thread? Plain orange 6/0 or 8/0 thread. Look at the material's list for details.

Martin

Todd,

To be able

Todd,

To be able to turn the thread on the tube without catching the foam.

Martin

I colour the nylon l

I colour the nylon line with black pen FIRST, then melt it you get a little black ball on the enmd of clear mono.
Then coat the eye in tuffleye (www.wetahook.net) - sets in seconds with the UV light a quick dab of clear nail polish to end and you're done. I've completed a set of eyes in 20 seconds.

This complicates som

This complicates something so simple to the absurd. I doubt I would have ever taken up fly fishing if all that stuff mattered.

Why do you pull it f

Why do you pull it forward?

What type of string

What type of string do you use?

How many different c

How many different colors are there?

Was wondering what a

Was wondering what aut string to be used? How many different muddlers there are? I am new to the fly fishing scene.

Dear all

Dear all,
I'm fisherman from the Czech Republic. I have to say that czech nymph (bobesh) is quite popular. However, dry flies during grayling season are more important here.

You who can fish for

You who can fish for seatrout in the sea are so lucky we here in Iceland dont do that we wait til it runns our rivers and that is only from late july to late october...

Gentlemen as an icel

Gentlemen as an icelander and a fisherman rivers like the west ranga have allmost no natural stock for it is very cold and with a gravel bottom with sandy flows in it so salmon has problems spawning in it.. I have fished the west river many a time and most of what I catch I kill for food and if somone wanted me to stop killing and buy farm raised fish I say to him have you tasted the differance in those 2 fish.. It is so differrent that I would never swap wild for farmfish...

Steve's Leadercalc i

Steve's Leadercalc is a tremendous resource for anyone wanting to develop an understanding of what is involved in tying your own leaders. He was compiling his wealth of information on leaders at the same time I was writing Drag Free Drift, and as I was in the final stages of the manuscript, he graciously agreed to allow it to be included (in an earlier version) as an appendix to the book. Leadercalc is one of the great free gems Global Flyfisher offers readers, and is a credit to this fine resource

Grey Woolly Bugger size 6

Grey Woolly Bugger size 6

Thanks Martin...

Thanks Martin...

it is great here and warm

I hope that it will stay the same when I come back, but I'll use those flies in any weather probably...as long as the water stays clear enough..

for now:

greetings from Athens ;-)

F

Hi Matthias

Hi Matthias

I have sent you a mail.

Thank you for the kind offer! Let me know if I can return the favor.

Cheers,
Martin

After all these year

After all these years of looking at the similar diagrams, this one has provided a comprehensive understanding in a flash.

@ Joerg and Vesper:

@ Joerg and Vesper:

Scale down. Everybody who does not know the country (and in this way does not know how things work in Russia) should not judge.

It remembers me a little how some German politicians telling other poeple how democracy should look in their countries.

Rgds,
Ole

Hi Martin,

Hi Martin,

I actually live in San Diego and you can contact me when you want to go fishing. If I am around I can take you fishing, subject to my working schedule. I travel a lot.

Depending on the time of the year there are several things to do, not all of them are fly fishing thogh.

Two websites to check out:

sdfish.com......the local fishing board

Try also a search on the web for Conway Bowman and Mako Shark on the Fly.

I do have a boat and we can go shark fishing, if you want, but no guarantees though. These beast are tricky.

Let me know when you are in San Diego.

Tight Lines

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Matthias

Hello,
Very interes

Hello,
Very interesting tying and pattern of the BWO, I stumbled over this page looking for BWO patterns to tie for my trip to the provo river in Utah next April. If you could further help with American style patterns and fly sizes I would be very gratefull.
Kindest regards, Brian Jones, gwynedd North Wales.

Here in the States t

Here in the States this method we refer to as "high sticking" and takes can be seen by watching the bow in the line as you lead the offering downstream. One must strike often as delays caused by bottom structures can mimick a hit. Enjoyed the article and will be using the technique in Missouri in a couple of weeks.

Fresh for the season opening!

Fish,

Those are good looking flies! I cross my fingers for some sunny, calm and dry weather in your neighborhood.

Martin